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ture lateral, linear Frontal feathers rigid, 

 the shafts composed of bristles ; chin feathers 

 the same, but weaker. Rictus bristled. Wings 

 very short, rounded. Tail rather lengthened, 

 broad, convex, soft, the middle feathers even, 

 the two lateral pairs graduated. Tarsi very 

 long, strong ; anterior scales divided ; lateral 

 toes unequal. Claws small, obtuse, and 

 slightly curved ; the three anterior of equal 

 size. 



Tvpe Ch. Burchelli, above blackish -brown, striped 



with grey ; rump and under plumage rufous. Spurious 

 quills and terminal band on the lateral tail feathers white. 

 Obs. — I have given the full characters of this and the next genus on account of their extreme rarity. Chaetops was 

 discovered by Mr. Burchell in southern Africa. 



membrancece, for amine laterali, lineari. Plu- 

 mas capistri rigidce, rhachidibus setaceis ; 

 quibus plumas menti simillimce sed debiliores. 

 Vibrissa? mastacales. Alas brevissimce, rotun- 

 datcB. Cauda longiuscula, lata, convexa, mol- 

 lis, rectricibus intermediis cuqualibus ; paribus 

 duobus lateralibus gradatis. Tarsi longissimi, 

 validi ; scutulce antic as distinctce ; digiti late- 

 rales incequales ; ungues parvi, obtusi, parum 

 curvati ; tres anteriores cequales. 



Tvpus. — Ch. Burchelli, supra fuligneus, striis griseis, 

 subtus uropygioque rufescens, remigibus spuriis et fascia 

 terminali rectricum exticarum albis. 



Sub-family, CRATEROPODINCE. 



16. Genus, PELLORNEUM*. 



Rostrum mediocre, rectum, subconicum, Bill moderate, straight, somewhat conic ; 



apice emarginatum. Gonys ascendens. Plumse the tip notched. Gonys ascending. Frontal 

 capistri parvce, rigidce, recumbentes. Vibrissas feathers small, rigid, directed forward. Rictus 

 mastacales. Alas brevissimce, valde rotun- 

 datce. Cauda mediocris, gradata. Tarsus 

 digitusque medius (Equates : digiti laterales 

 multb breviores, cequales. Ungues antici 

 miiumi, parum curvati. Hallux digito medio 

 brevior. Scutulas anticce vix distinctce. 



bristled. Wings very short, much rounded. 

 Tail moderate, graduated. Tarsus and middle 

 toe of equal length ; lateral toes much shorter, 

 equal. Anterior claws very small, and but 

 slightly curved. Hinder toe shorter than the 

 middle. Anterior scales scarcely divided. 



Type. — Pellorneum ruficeps, above brown, beneath ful- 

 vous white, striped with brown ; chin white immaculate ; 

 front and crown rufous. Inhabits India. Mus. Nost. 



Typus. — Pellorneum ruficeps, supra brunneum ; subtus 

 falvescenti-album, striis brunneis, mento albo immaculato, 

 fronte verticeque rufis. Hub. in India. Mus.Nost. 



Obs. — This genns represents, or rather passes into Phyllastrephus ; thus connecting the Crateropodince and the 

 Brachypodince. From the former it is distinguished by its more slender thrush-like feet, its small slightly curved 

 claws, &c. The general appearance of the only species I have yet seen, and which is from India, is that of a small 

 thrush, but resembling a Timalia. By the two last genera, the true passage is marked from the genus Orpheus to that 

 of Crateropus. A belief that this form existed, although it was then entirely unknown to me, gave rise to the opinion 

 expressed at p. 153, that the genus Icteria was not the type which united the Brachypodints to the Crateropodince. 



17. Genus, CRATEROPUS. 

 Rostrum caput cequans, valde compressum, Bill as long as the head, much compressed 



* Th. t'o.Xos fuscu-' , et opviov avis. 



